I comend me vnto you etc. I hope you are in a good Forwardnes in your Iron workes I haue inquired and sought out For to gete a blomrie man and can here of non I was with Sir John Clattworthie about blomry men I went in your name and he telles me that times are so in Irland that he thinks thay are kild or ded For he can here of non, and I haue inquird much after some and can here of non and I could never see the ould man sence you went nor here of him so that you must Joyne all your workmans hedes togather and see to breed vpe blomries a smith aftre a lettell taching will make a blomer man. Mr. Winttrope I lett me intreate you to stand my Frind in New England at your Corte when my kinsman mr. Hewse shall moue my bissnes my Raquist is and will be Eaquall and Just the bisnes is this mr. Foxcrafte and I being Formerly and are still of grat acquaintance he hath drawne me in to be bound For him, which my Kinsman will inlarge to you howe I becam bound For him. now mr. Foxcraft is 416faylled and he hath an estate in New England as he tells me that which I am bound for him is For 800li now my Requist is that 1600li of his estate maye be sequistred there in there hands that his estate is in For me to sequer me tell mr. Foxcraft hath disingaged me here of my bondes and discharg me. when you here by my letter to my kinsman how I becam bound For him you will say tise verry eaquall and Just that I should be sequried by his Estate there I spare to writ you newse For the passengrs will Ralate to you by word of mouth better then I shall write for present I rest yours to vse

This present writinge Testifieth, that I Jo: Winthrop of Boston in Newe England esqr. for and in consideration and satisfaction of one hundred and fifty pounds parte of a greater summe due from me to Jo: Winthrop my eldest sonne, have given granted bargained and sould vnto the said John my sonne All that my farme or parcell of land lying vpon Concorde River about three miles beneath the Towne containinge twelue hundred Acres which was granted me by the Generall Court in (3) mo: 1638 and also one parcell of meadowe adioyning containing about sixty acres more or lesse, granted vnto me allso by the Court in blank 1639. And allso all that parcell or necke of land now inclosed parte of my farme in Charlton called Tenhills lying ouer against the oyster banck, conteyning about thirty acres more or lesse. To have and to hould all the said lands and premises with their Appurtenances vnto the said Jo: Winthrop my sonne and Eliz: his wife during their liues, the remainder to Fitz John their eldest sonne and his heires forever. Provided allways and Reserved out of this present Grant vnto me the said Jo: Winthrop Margaret my wife for the Terme of our liues and the longer liver of vs one third parte of all such fruit as shalbe yearly growinge vpon the said necke of lande. In witnesse of the premises I have heervnto sett my hand and seale dated this 22 of 7ber 1643